Target Audience

This activity is specifically designed for clinicians, healthcare providers, and AMR stewards to address AMR at the hospital.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the module, learners should be able to:

  • Recognize and classify SSIs using clear clinical criteria

  • Apply CDC definitions to real cases for accurate diagnosis

  • Understand surgical wound classification and when prophylaxis is appropriate

  • Appreciate the role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a nosocomial pathogen

  • Choose appropriate empiric and targeted antimicrobial therapy

  • Integrate principles of antimicrobial stewardship into surgical care

Module Outline

This module will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

  • Learning Tools

  • Case and Prophylaxis

  • Therapy and Resistance

  • Key Takeaways

Course Directors

Dr. Carl Boodman, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H, CTropMed® is a Canadian infectious diseases physician, a medical microbiologist and a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Tropical Medicine/ University of Antwerp (Belgium). He is a Clinical Investigator Program Candidate at the University of Manitoba (Canada) and a member of the International Diagnostics Network.


Dr. Nitin Gupta, MBBS, MD, DM, DTM&H, CTropMed, DipRCPath, AAHIVS, PGPE, FRSPH, CIC, MTM - Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India Coordinator, Centre for Tropical Febrile Illness, MAHE, Manipal, India.

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